Destination Innovation
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
What are the biggest barriers to productivity, efficiency and creativity at work? Which activities absorb the most time for the least return? In her book, The Innovation Revolution, Melissa Kennedy accuses four key suspects. Meetings. Typically people in organizations spend 15% of their time in meetings. For middle managers the figure is 35% and for senior managers it is 50%.
Idea to Value
NOVEMBER 12, 2017
This short animated film really got to me. Without speaking a single word, it illustrated how parents who think they are doing what is best for their children may inadvertently be training them to be uncreative. Watch the short film in the video above. Called Alike , it was directed by Daniel Martínez Lara & Rafa Cano Méndez and has won over 81 international awards.
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IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving which means that many of you are traveling to be home for the holidays. And if you are traveling that means that you’re trying to avoid something that no one enjoys: traffic! So we thought we’d look at some of our favorite crowdsourcing and traffic stories. Personally, at IdeaScale we all talk about how excited we are for the age of self-driving cars.
Exago
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
In a historic building in Lisbon, overlooking the Tagus river, Exago celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday, November 24. It was the perfect opportunity to bring together the people who are part of us and our history: our team (past and present), our clients and our partners. We would like to thank all those who […]. The post Happy 10th birthday, Exago!
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HYPE Innovation
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Let me summarize where we are today in Design Thinking. Design Thinking has raised a lot of expectations as well as its fair share of controversy. Why are organizations so caught up by DT? Often it became the promise of having creative ways to solve solutions and work in harmony with all the rational thinking that dominates much of business thinking today.
Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
It is always welcome to read a thoughtful article that reminds me, no, it actually inspires me, by reinforcing my own belief that innovation is progressing, even if this is sometimes frustratingly slow. The innovation architecture is progressively being recognized and put into place, it’s forming the building blocks of the innovation platform we need to build upon, ones for more radical innovation outcomes.
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Idea to Value
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Some innovations are just so simple, they make you ask yourself: “ Why didn’t I think of that???” This is one of those examples. A small family business of Ulrike und Thomas Lutz from Bellheim, Germany has just won a prestigious Design award for an innovation which seems like it took thousands of years and yet is so simple. They have developed a new design for the traditional oak barrel used to store and mature wine.
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Yoda’s famous advice is absolute. Yoda doesn’t leave much room for failure. But what Yoda is really talking about is commitment. Innovation happens only when we put all our effort into it, which is something demonstrated throughout the history of innovation. Do It Again, And Again, Until It’s Done Right.
Exago
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
In 2006, an IT visionary, an innovation hunter and an algorithm doer met for coffee and an idea came up. In November 2007, Exago was born. Now, on our 10th anniversary, we celebrate the results of our brilliant customers and the over one million users who have taken part in building their organisation’s future. From […]. The post Ten years building the future together appeared first on Exago.
HYPE Innovation
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
As an innovation manager/leader you likely deal with processes (and process improvements) every day. You know, prioritizing and tweaking those actions your firm engages in to accomplish a pre-established business purpose or objective (Michel Porter is a great reference on this topic – he introduced the process view of organizations ). From creating the physical space for innovation and adjusting your incentive scheme, to more abstract goals like becoming a learning organization or being customer
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
Credit: Marshall Van Alstyne, Professor at Boston University. We have seen the incredible rise of platforms that have become part of our everyday lives. Be these Apple, Google, eBay, Amazon, Android, Facebook, Microsoft, Alibaba, Salesforce, Uber, Airbnb, PayPal and many more, all becoming some of the hottest companies in value. They have built out their business on powerful platforms for us to simply connect into and draw down what we value.
Jeffrey Phillips
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
I've long championed the idea that to change the way people think, you've got to change the way they communicate. If you want big ideas, you need to encourage them, yes, but also talk about them in ways that open up dialog, thinking and idea generation to a much larger dimension. While language, word choice and conversation may not seem to have all that much impact on idea generation and innovation, in reality these are the building blocks of a corporate culture.
Idea to Value
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Every company thinks that they can innovate by making their product better. But eventually, this concept of “better” begins to become irrelevant. If an entire industry is trying to innovate in the same way, eventually progress will become almost impossible to notice from a customer’s perspective and innovation will plateau. This is not to say that there is no more technological progress being made, but rather that each incremental improvement ( better ) becomes less noticeable
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Think first, then act. In the first step of innovation, we discussed observation, and how Galileo conceived of the pendulum clock years before it would ultimately be invented. But, of course, Galileo wasn’t the first to look at a swinging chandelier. What made the difference was his approach to what he saw, his method of thought. Centuries later, another brilliant innovator, IBM’s Thomas Watson, became famously obsessed with thought.
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Exago
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
As world-class speakers, innovative Fortune 500 companies and ground-breaking startups descended on Lisbon this week for the Web Summit 2017, we at Exago couldn’t miss the event Forbes called “the best technology conference on the planet”. The post When all roads lead to the Web Summit appeared first on Exago.
Destination Innovation
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Guest Post. To outsiders, the term innovation can seem like another empty buzzword, but as a CEO in a world where technology is driving market competition, you know that innovation is essential. Even traditional forecasting models, like the five-year plan, are increasingly irrelevant as the pace of technology in- creases and more companies are disrupting markets that were once considered unchangeable.
Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
So there is an innovation virtual summit about to happen between 28th November 2017 and 8th December 2017. Each day you can watch for free the different video sessions, with new video sessions released on a daily basis. The final schedule will be sent by email after your registration. For some weeks this has been in preparation and as I am lucky enough to be one of the curators and hosts, I had the chance to chat with SIX terrific and highly knowledgeable people around a subject that is dear to
Jeffrey Phillips
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
I've been thinking, long and hard, about the correct analogy to describe a lot of corporate innovation efforts. I'm sorry to say that the best analogy I can come up with is a campfire. I hope you'll stick with me on this, because I think it can be illuminating (couldn't resist the pun). Most of us who participated in scouts or went to a summer camp where they had a bonfire are familiar with the idea of a campfire.
Speaker: Paul Heller
Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro
Idea to Value
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
I was recently interviewed for a podcast by Will Sherlin for his Innovation Engine Podcast , which I wanted to share with you in the embedded file above. Episode Highlights. Why do we need to strengthen our creative capabilities? Professor George Land commissioned a longitudinal study following the same group of people over time to see what happened as they got older.
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Leaders define their organization. That a CEO could hinder innovation seems counter-intuitive. Isn’t a CEO’s job to lead, to pioneer even when necessary? But depending on the personality and strategy of a CEO, innovation can be harder or easier. So what do you need to know about yourself as a leader, and the leaders you work with, to better innovate?
Exago
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
In a weak growth environment, with low investments and rising risks, companies gamble on cost-cutting to ensure that they are prepared and equipped to grow stronger, as they wait for better times to come. Yet, cost-cutting is more and more seen as a way to drive growth, rather than as way to survive or avoid insolvency. The post How strategic cost-cutting helps you shift from survival to growth appeared first on Exago.
Collective Campus
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
In this post I’ve unpacked 36 cognitive biases that can stifle your innovation efforts, how they might apply to the field and a proposed solution or mitigant for each. If you’ve got some alternative mitigants to address these biases, I’d love to hear from you in the comments.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL
Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.
hackerearth
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
“Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively. [This paradigm] assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology.” ( Henry Chesbrough, 2006 ).
Jeffrey Phillips
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
I was leading an innovation workshop recently with a company that invited in some of its customers to talk about the future. We were interested in getting feedback from key B2B customers about the future of the industry, where things were heading and what strategies and programs my customer should begin to put in place. I was hired to lead a trend spotting and scenario planning workshop, but I had successfully convinced my client that we needed to establish a common framework and language about
Digital Tonto
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
As data and analytics increasingly become a core component of our decision making, we need to be far more careful Related posts: Is Big Data Doing More Harm Than Good? If Big Data Is To Live Up To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
As we’ve discussed before , once you’ve arrived at a clear decision, it is critical to act on the decision. A common pitfall at this point is inaction. Too many ideas reach decision, only to lay fallow without action. Inaction results in effort wasted, opportunities missed, and value lost for your organization. Implementing ideas is the key to delivering significant and measurable value to your organization and stakeholders, and setting yourself up for robust crowd engagement in the next
Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight
As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.
BrainZooming
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
What are all the change management strategy roles a change agent plays? My answers to that question grew recently because of an experience with a client developing its future vision. We were working with an organization on its future vision while facilitating its strategic planning process. The organization’s leaders, and many of the team, have been in place for a long time, limiting the collective view of how other organization’s do things in bold, innovative, and different ways.
Collective Campus
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
As more large companies begin to embark upon audacious transformation plans and set up innovation teams, more corporate professionals are being introduced to a world in which terms like design thinking, lean, agile, pivot, experiment, fail, adapt and so on are used almost interchangeably.
Innovation Excellence
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
There is a huge noise around what companies should do to find the big ideas. Compared to it, the discussion about the best way of turning those ideas into substantial businesses is almost silent. We think it is high time to change this.
hackerearth
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Everyone wants to be a winner. However, in both life and hackathons, victory comes to those who want it the most. With limited time to solve problems, and submit prototypes, a hackathon is an ultimate test of skills and endurance. Here is what you can do to win your next hackathon : . 1) Plan to win. Be clear on your motive for attending the hackathon.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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